BILL NUMBER: SB 567INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Dutton FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to add Section 5255 to the Business and Professions Code and to add Section 87314 to the Government Code, relating to outdoor advertising. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 567, as introduced, Dutton. The Outdoor Advertising Act. Existing law authorizes the State Auditor to conduct financial and performance audits as directed by statute. This bill would require the Bureau of State Audits to conduct a financial and performance audit of the administration of the Outdoor Advertising Act every 3 years, and to report its findings to the Legislature by December 31 of the year in which the audit is performed. Existing law requires every agency to adopt and promulgate a Conflict of Interest Code that contains a specific enumeration of the positions within the agency, except as specified, which involve the making or participation in the making of decisions which may foreseeably have a material effect on any financial interest and for each such enumerated position, the specific types of investments, business positions, interests in real property, and sources of income which are reportable. Existing law also requires the Conflict of Interest Code to require each designated employee, except as specified, to file statements at times and under circumstances described in this section, disclosing reportable investments, business positions, interests in real property and income. This bill would provide that for the purposes of those provisions, any employee who is involved in the implementation of the Outdoor Advertising Act would be considered a designated employee and would be required to annually file a statement of economic interests disclosing reportable investments, business positions, interests in real property and income. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 5255 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read: 5255. The Bureau of State Audits shall conduct a financial and performance audit of the administration of this act every three years, and shall report its findings to the Legislature by December 31 of the year in which the audit is performed. SEC. 2. Section 87314 is added to the Government Code, to read: 87314. For purposes of this article, any employee who is involved in the implementation of the Outdoor Advertising Act, Article 1 (commencing with Section 5200) of Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, shall be considered a designated employee and shall annually file a statement of economic interests disclosing reportable investments, business positions, interests in real property and income, as described in Section 87302.